#5BB2DE#5BB2DE

#5BB2DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.105 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2DE
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 222)
HSL	hsl(200, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 19.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -13.47, -30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 32.91, 245.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0637 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.105 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4146, 39.3357, 74.9247)
Luminance	0.3934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2DE #DE875B

analogous

#5BDEC9 #5BB2DE #5B71DE

triadic

#5BB2DE #DE5BB2 #B2DE5B

tetradic

#5BB2DE #C95BDE #DE875B #71DE5B

square

#5BB2DE #C95BDE #DE875B #71DE5B

split-complementary

#5BB2DE #DE5B71 #DEC95B

monochromatic

#20749F #2A99D2 #5BB2DE #8ECAE8 #C1E2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5BB2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#5BB2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2DE

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2DE	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB0E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.105 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9e8',
    500: '#5bb2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2de;
$custom-light: #94c9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.153,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72697,
    "c": 0.10533,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2DE

secondary

#E3C2B2

accent

#5517CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2DE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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